Andrea Skyberg

Here is a video of the gallery exhibition, Threads That Connect: Fiber Art & Community, which features the artwork from Squircle.

We’re all part of the Squircle! Did you know December 12, 2012 it is the World Day of Interconnectedness? Celebrate with us at the Arts@Large art exhibition, Threads That Connect: Fiber Art

I got the chance to share a booth with my husband at this year’s Arts@Large Artist Meet and Greet. It was a lot of fun reconnecting with artists I know

It’s been so amazing giving my author presentations and leading art workshops in the beautiful gallery at Arts@Large, surrounded by all the artwork from Squircle! I’ve had a great time

  Join me and my dear friend and awesome yoga instructor, Haley, as she leads a family yoga session based on the concepts of Squircle! It’s going to be a

What a beautiful opening reception! I had so much fun reconnecting with the teachers and the students that I worked with on this book project. The Arts@Large staff did a

Molly Snyder wrote a fabulous article about the book & exhibition! http://onmilwaukee.com/ent/articles/andreaskybergsquircle.html  

I’m so excited that Arts@Large will be showcasing the artwork that was created for the book, including many of the students appliqué banners as well as the large fabric murals!

We went to Cory Albrectson’s studio tonight to shoot the photographs of all the murals and the smaller embroidered pieces.  Here is a shot of me and my daughter, Evey

I’ve  really enjoyed working on the pages of Squircle. Most days (and nights!) this summer I’ve been in my studio listening to audio books while using my sewing machine to

Most days when I emerge from my studio I’m covered in little scraps of fabric that eventually molt off of me and scatter themselves around the rest of the house.

Here are some photos of the progress of the squirrel mural for my book, Squircle.  It starts off as a 5′ x 8′ piece of white felt.  I draw the

After writing my second book, Squircle, I thought a lot about how I could create the artwork to elaborate on the idea of interconnectedness, which is a main message in

Students created Ragadoodles (small dolls) out of masking tape and a other materials and created a small book that accompanies their Ragadoodle. These books used inventive words and figurative language

School: St John the Evangelist 1st-4th grade students Educating Artist: Andrea Skyberg Students created Mola designs which were modeled after the Molas created by the Kuna Woman from Panama. Each student represented

School: St John the Evangelist 5th -8th grade students Educating Artist: Andrea Skyberg Students created Pipsqueak characters out of masking and duct tape, similarly to that of my children’s book, Snickeyfritz.

School: St John the Evangelist 5th -8th grade students Educating Artist: Andrea Skyberg Some families are created by blood, while others are created by choice or circumstance, in this project students created an family

School: Whitman School Educating Artist: Andrea Skyberg Inspired by outsider artist, Emery Blagdon, the 1-6th graders created a Healing Machine out of aluminum, found metal, wire and beads.  Over the course of this project,

School: Whitman Educating Artist: Andrea Skyberg 1st – 6th grade students created an 8-foot tall Diversity Tree by covering a cardboard tube is paper cut profile portraits in the style

  Schools: Whitman School & St John the Evangelist Educating Artist: Andrea skyberg Throughout the ages humans have used costume & masks to communicate ideas. Creating Big Heads modeled after

School: Franklin High School Educating Artist: Andrea Skyberg Cooperating Teacher: Stacey Mercier Believing that humans have a spirit separate from their human body is a notion that has been around for as long

Organization: Next Door Foundation: Leaders of Tomorrow Educating Artist: Andrea Skyberg The Leaders of Tomorrow (1st – 8th grade students) worked with me to create Pipsqueak characters out of masking

School: Cooper School 1st Grade Students Educating Artist: Andrea Skyberg Cooperating Teachers: Roxanne Reszel & Katherine MacKenzie Funded by: Arts@Large Can your face tell a story without you even saying

Project: Milwaukee County Zoo Fantastic Forest of Holiday Trees School: Cooper Elementary Student Council Continent: Arctic Educating Artist: Andrea Skyberg Cooperating Teachers: Dawn Bigalk, Chris McCoy, Jackie Pollman Funded by: Arts@Large Inspired